Former congressman Allen West loves the new T-shirt given to him recently, but the shirt’s message isn’t sitting well with those who want race to be a top issue in America.

The shirt reads, “All Lives Matter. Except ISIS. F–K Those Guys.” West proudly displayed the shirt for a Facebook post.

“This was given to me by a good man who works in our office building,” West wrote on his post. “The message speaks for itself. This will be my favorite motorcycle riding T-shirt! (be sure to read the fine print!)”

Nine Line of Savannah, Georgia, a veteran-owned business, created the shirt. West, a retired lieutenant colonel, didn’t mind giving a shoutout to the company for the gift. He also didn’t mind taking a punch at the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The group has made a point to disrupt events, especially political meetings, with their message. It began after several highly publicized cases of police officers killing African-American suspects in the line of duty.

West posted his disdain for the group on his blog, citing numerous cases where police officers were killed by African-Americans without a word being uttered by the White House, the Department of Justice or activists like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

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“All lives matter, and the lives that truly do matter are those lost in defending and securing our freedoms and liberties – our deployed warriors and the law enforcement officers deployed on our streets daily!” West posted, adding he posted his opinion “because I despise hypocrisy.”